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Computer Science · May / June 2024 · Paper 2 SL · Question 8

Not on the 2027 syllabusSearch engines, PageRank and search engine optimisation are from the old web science option, which is no longer taught.

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8. While working on an assignment task for History of the Americas, Brooke enters a question into a search engine (Figure 7). Figure 7: The Ultimate Search Engine https://searchengine.example.com Search Engine Ultimate Search Engine Did George Washington have a diary? Advanced search options The search returns 173 000 results in 0.043 seconds. Another student indicated that Brooke would obtain better results using keywords rather than a search phrase.

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  • 8(a)[2]

  • 8(b)[1]

  • 8(c)[2]

  • 8(d)[2]

  • 8(e)[4]

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